Another Attack Day After '13 Deaths'… Foreign Ministry Issues Departure Recommendation

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Just a day after 13 people were killed in an attack by the pro-Iran Houthi rebels, the international airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has been targeted in another attack, leaving 12 casualties. The United States, which had previously only provided indirect support, has hinted at the possibility of military intervention.

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On the 11th local time, an unidentified projectile struck Terminal 4 of King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, killing one Pakistani national and injuring 11 others.

This comes just a day after a disaster in which 13 people were killed and some 300 others were injured in a missile attack by the pro-Iran Houthi rebels.

The Saudi-led coalition stated that aside from the airport strike, Saudi air defenses also intercepted a cruise missile in the airspace near the airport.

[Saudi State Television: The General Authority of Civil Aviation announced that King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh has been targeted in another attack. Casualties have resulted from this attack....]

Powerful series of explosions were reportedly detected at least twice in central and northern downtown Riyadh.

Saudi authorities completely suspended operations at Riyadh Airport and urgently switched all in-person classes at schools in Riyadh to remote learning until coming Thursday.

As Saudi air defenses have been repeatedly penetrated and an American citizen was even killed in the previous day's airstrike, the United States—which had previously limited its involvement to indirect support such as providing airstrike intelligence—has hinted at the possibility of military intervention.

[Donald Trump / U.S. President (local time 10th): (Have you decided whether to join Saudi Arabia's retaliatory airstrikes?) We could. We are going to look at it. (When will you make a decision?) I just heard about this attack. We will make a decision shortly. We move very quickly.]

Amid the worsening situation in the Middle East, South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a joint situation assessment meeting presided over by Minister Cho Hyun and upgraded the travel alert for all of Saudi Arabia to Level 3, or Departure Recommendation, effective from 10 p.m. last night.

(Video Editing: Park Choon-bae)
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